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Webster 1913 Edition

Inclose

In-close′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inclosed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inclosing
.]
[See
Enclose
, and cf.
Include
.]
[Written also
enclose
.]
1.
To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass;
as, to
inclose
a fort or an army with troops; to
inclose
a town with walls.
How many evils have
inclosed
me round!
Milton.
2.
To put within a case, envelope, or the like; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel;
as, to
inclose
a letter or a bank note
.
The
inclosed
copies of the treaty.
Sir W. Temple.
3.
To separate from common grounds by a fence;
as, to
inclose
lands
.
Blackstone.
4.
To put into harness; to harness.
[Obs.]
They went to coach and their horse
inclose
.
Chapman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inclose

INCLO'SE

,
Verb.
T.
s as z. [L. inclusus, includo; in and claudo, or cludo.]
1.
To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; as, to inclose a field with a fence; to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
2.
To separate from common grounds by a fence; as, to inclose lands.
3.
To include; to shut or confine; as, to inclose trinkets in a box.
4.
To environ; to encompass.
5.
To cover with a wrapper or envelop; to cover under seal; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note.

Definition 2024

inclose

inclose

English

Verb

inclose ‎(third-person singular simple present incloses, present participle inclosing, simple past and past participle inclosed)

  1. (now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose
    • 1727, John Ray, The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation, page 225:
      Vesalius (saith he) and others, make it a Peculiarity to Man, that the Pericardium, or Bag that incloses the Heart, should be fastned to the Diaphragm.
    • 1776, J. Justamond, A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, translation of original by Abbé Resnal:
      From the stock, as well as from the branches, rises a jonquil flower, the pistil of which contains the husk which incloses the fruit.
    • 1898, Walter Tennyson Swingle, The grain smuts: how they are caused and how to prevent them:
      The spores of the covered smut are often retained till harvest by a thin membrane inclosing the smutted kernel and chaff, while the naked smut is usually all blown away long before harvest.

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